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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 17 July 1973

Tuesday

Lunar date
农历癸丑年六月十八
癸丑 (Guichou) · Year of the Ox · 己未 甲寅
Nayin Water of the Great Stream
Solar term
Minor Heat
Pentad · yīng shǐ zhì
Next solar term · Major Heat 1973-07-23
Auspicious

Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Travel · Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Receiving wealth · Visiting family and friends · Installing the household altar · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Demolition · Roofing · Laying foundations · Placing the bed · Building a stove · Hanging a signboard · Burial · Breaking ground for a grave · Opening a grave for reburial · Erecting a tombstone · Encoffining · Moving a coffin

Avoid

Praying for blessings · Raising the ridge beam · Opening granaries · Digging wells · Raising livestock

Clash
Monkey · Sha direction north
Day god
Golden Coffer · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Danger
Lunar mansion
Encampment · auspicious
Nine star
四绿木
Fetus god
占门炉 外东北
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos
甲不开仓财物耗散 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars

Heavenly Virtue · yuè dé · mǔ cāng · wǔ fù · wǔ hé · Golden Coffer · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

yóu huò · bā zhuān

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59甲子Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
01:00–02:59乙丑Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
03:00–04:59丙寅Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
05:00–06:59丁卯Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
07:00–08:59戊辰Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Opening for business · Taking up a post
09:00–10:59己巳Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Moving house · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
11:00–12:59庚午White TigerWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
13:00–14:59辛未Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
15:00–16:59壬申Heavenly Prison
17:00–18:59癸酉Black TortoiseThanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth
19:00–20:59甲戌Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
21:00–22:59乙亥Hooked ArrayWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
23:00–23:59丙子Controller of FatePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove

The almanac (huangli) is a Chinese folk tradition. Its rules come from historical texts such as the Xieji Bianfang Shu (1739); it is shown here as cultural heritage, not as a prediction or advice.

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